Thursday, January 17, 2008

Here go the Republicans again....stimulating the economy in the whole way they know how....cutting taxes on the wealthy and leading middle class working people to work longer and harder to keep up!

Today, Rep. Eric Cantor (VA), the chief deputy Republican whip in the House, unveiled his proposal to stimulate the economy. His legislation — the so-called Middle Class Job Protection Act — does nothing for the middle class. Instead, it reduces the corporate tax rate by 28 percent.At a press conference today unveiling the stimulus proposal, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) justified the conservative plan to give tax breaks to corporations — instead of working Americans — by arguing that people actually like working long hours:I am so proud to be from the state of Minnesota. We’re the workingest state in the country, and the reason why we are, we have more people that are working longer hours, we have people that are working two jobs.Bachmann’s version of the American Dream is apparently working two full-time jobs and struggling to get by.

(The picture of Rep Bachmann making a fool of herself with Bush at the State of Union speech.)

About Me

Why is my blog called "Fruit Jar of the Gods"??? Well in one of my favorite books, Tortilla Flats, the main character, bemoaning the ups and downs of his life says to his friends at one point, "My life is like wine poured into the fruit jars of the gods."
(Point of reference: the characters typically did their drinking from fruit jars so apparently they suspected that the gods did the same.)